33 f.: illus.; 227 mm.
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There is no title-page. Our title is taken from the upper cover.
Each leaf lists paintings at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, with figures demonstrating the hang, but not showing the paintings themselves.
The pictures had been bought by the third Earl Cowper in Florence and shipped to Britain in 1790 after the earl's death. Many are now at Firle Place, east Sussex.
The catalogue includes works by Guercino (2), Van Dyck (4), Bourgognone (2), G. Poussin (5), C. Dolce (4), School of Michelangelo, Rembrandt (4), Velasquez (3), Salvator Rosa (6), Raffaelle (2), C. Janson (or Jansen) (3), Fra Bartolommeo (3), Cuyp (2), Francia, Correggio (2), Titian (3), Andrea del Sarto (7), Perugino, Wilson, Masaccio, Rubens (3), D. Fati, Veronese, N. Poussin, Morone, An. Carracci, Perino del Vaga, P. Lely (5), [anon.] (35), Richardson, copy from R. Mengs, Jackson (3), Northcote (5), Jackson (copy from J. Reynolds) (2), Le Brun, M. Beale, Solimena (2), Wissing, Greenhill, G. Kneller (5), J. Reynolds (8), Hoppner and Jackson, Opie, Vander Poel, Vlieger, Marieski (2), Decker (2), School of Rubens, Hoppner (4), From Correggio, P. Claeis, Wouverman, Van Goyen, van der Hagen, Cuylenburg, Rubens and Snyders, Guardi, Van Blomen (4), Pynaker, Mytens (2), Willeborts, Mireveldt, Teniers (2), Branwer, Vanderneer, Palamedes, A. More, Mrs. Cosway (2), Zoffani, T. Lawrence (4), Romney (2), Stubbs (2), R. Mengs (2), Pourbus 'the elder', Both, Partridge, F. Boll, C. am Berger, Hayter.
19th-century red papered boards, upper cover lettered 'Panshanger Gallery.'